Local pastor to lead prayer on Capitol Hill

Tuesday

Feb 26, 2008 at 2:00 AM

WASHINGTON — A pastor from Peekskill, N.Y., will lead today’s prayer in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. Dr. Adolphus C. Lacey, senior pastor of the Mount Olivet Baptist Church, was sponsored by U.S. Rep. John Hall, D-Dover Plains, N.Y. Each member of Congress is allowed to invite one clergy member every two years from his or her district to be Guest Chaplain for a day.Lacey is known in Peekskill as the “People’s Pastor” and is a founding member of the Cortland Task Force on Diversity. Alexa James